Barack Obama

Cathy is a longtime advocate for justice and fairness and has worked on preventing violence against women here in America and around the world.

All Americans stand united in grateful support of all that they do.

Ireland also punches above its weight internationally when it comes to humanitarian assistance, peacekeeping.

We have plenty of Irish men and women here today, but not just today, here every day.

The truth is we have plenty of Irish men and women here today, but not just today, here every day.

I'm sure we will also touch on the issue of Northern Ireland, in which we have continued to see progress coming out of the Good Friday agreements.

Women have the opportunity to make their own choices about their health.

It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from, what your last name is, you can make it if you try.

I hope they choose a better path for the sake of the Iranian people and for the sake of the world.

The people of Iran have paid a high and unnecessary price because of your leaders' unwillingness to address this issue.

I'm doing everything that I can as President to carry on that progress and to do everything we can to ensure equality and opportunity for all women.

I hope that the Senate will act swiftly to confirm Tom so we can work together to address all these concerns.

That's what everybody deserves in this country, the opportunity to make of their lives what they will, no matter who they are, what they look like, whether they are boys or girls, women or men.

I want to extend my best wishes to this new spring and new year.

We're going to have to work very hard to make sure that folks find jobs with good wages and good benefits.

Our economy works best when the middle class and those working to get into the middle class have the security they need on the job.

I remain hopeful that our two countries can move beyond tension.

If it meets its international obligations, then there could be a new relationship between our two countries.

How do we make sure America is a magnet for good jobs?

The United States prefers to resolve this matter peacefully, diplomatically.

I'm confident that we can reach that goal, that we can make sure that every single door is open, every dream is within reach.

My top priority as President is doing everything we need to do to make sure that we're growing our economy and that we're strengthening our middle class.

Our top priority is growing our economy and creating good, middle class jobs.

We're Americans. And when we commit ourselves to something, there's no telling how far we'll go.

I'm proposing that we take some of our oil and gas revenues from public lands and put it towards research that will benefit the public.